Yellowbeard said:
First thing I look at when running games and system chokes is temp.
New fast processors get hot, especially under games load conditions.
YB
errors like this: Ox80000003,Ox8032666DF,OxF8b90E18, Ox00000000. I
recently installed a PCchips M952 motherboard with a 2.4 Ghz with
PC3200 512 MB ram. I formated the harddrive and install WIN XP with
all the recent updates.
I'm running a Radeon 7200 32 MB PCI card. All devices have recent
driver updates found.
It sounds like you may have a hardware issue. PCChips boards are
notoriously cheap and unstable. Here are generic hardware
troubleshooting steps to take:
1) open the computer and run it open, cleaning out all dust bunnies and
observing all fans (overheating will cause system freezing); 2) test
the RAM - I like Memtest86 from
www.memtest86.com - let the test run
for an extended (like overnight) period of time - unless errors are
seen immediately; 3) test the hard drive with a diagnostic utility from
the mftr.; 4) the power supply may be going bad or be inadequate for
the devices you have in the system; 5) test the motherboard with
something like TuffTest from
www.tufftest.com. Testing hardware
failures often involves swapping out suspected parts with known-good
parts. If you can't do the testing yourself and/or are uncomfortable
opening your computer, take the machine to a good local computer repair
shop (not a CompUSA or Best Buy type of store).
Good luck,
Malke
